Heart Disease In Dogs

Many pet owners may be interested to learn that another thing that we share with our pets is that they also get heart diseases, (although not always the same kind of problems commonly seen in people). According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, of the dogs in the United States examined annually by a veterinarian, approximately 3.2 million have some form of acquired heart disease and may be in heart failure. And pet owners may be surprised to learn that, like human medicine, there are specialists available to treat heart problems in their dogs and cats.

When a pet is diagnosed with a heart problem by their regular veterinarian, they can take their pet to a board-certified veterinary cardiologist.

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